By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Filipinos have nothing to applaud but plenty to fear from its new president’s US trip and the bacon it’s supposed to bring home soon, based on statements of workers, migrants, youth and students’ organizations and economic think-tank Ibon Foundation. Various people’s organizations scored the Aquino government’s double-faced tack at…
Day: September 25, 2010
Book Review: In Ilustrado and Eight Lives Lived, Which Life is Worth Writing About?
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com The award-winning novel Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco follows the tradition of ‘the great Filipino novel’: it is political and outwardly rooting for social change. Its title alone is pregnant with possibilities of exhortation and uprisings. After all, the original Ilustrados in Philippine history launched the Propaganda Movement more than a century…
Embassy Officials in Saudi Arabia Urged to Help Overstaying OFWs Avail of Royal Pardon
By Bulatlat.com MANILA – A Filipino migrants’ rights body based in Saudi Arabia is urging the Philippine Embassy and the Philippine Consulate General to take the opportunity of the granting of a blanket royal pardon to all illegal and undocumented migrants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to help undocumented Filipinos. Migrante Middle East regional…
Four Farmers, One Bayan Muna Member Latest Victims of OBL
After the extension of Oplan Bantay Laya last month, four members of the local chapter of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas in Masbate and a member of the local chapter of party-list group Bayan Muna in Mindanao became the latest victims of extrajudicial killings under the Aquino administration.
News in Pictures: Migrant Group Protests Budget Cut for OFWs
While President Benigno Aquino III and his group are enjoying hotdogs in New York, migrant workers under Migrante-UAE are protesting the recent budget cut for OFWs. The group said that the rights and welfare of migrant workers do not seem to be a priority for the Aquino administration. The indoor protest was held in Karama, Dubai on September 23.
PALEA Celebrates 64th Anniversary Amid Turbulent Times at PAL
By MARYA SALAMAT
Both PALEA and FASAP are seeking to finally ink a new, improved CBA with PAL. But PALEA has been met with mass termination notices, while FASAP has been forced to file a notice of strike as PAL firmly refuses to put the discriminatory retirement provision on the negotiating table.
International Lawyers Hit US Military Aggression in Asia-Pacific, Pin Hopes on Peoples of the World
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Governments are only instruments. The peoples must exercise their power. The peoples are masters of international society. Law is a struggle of the peoples.” — Roland Weyl, IADL first vice president and dean of the Paris Bar Association
After 38 Years, Justice Remains Elusive for Martial Law Survivors
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Not a single victim of human-rights violation during the Marcos dictatorship has achieved justice nor received any compensation from the government.
Photo Essay: North Triangle Residents Resist Demolition
Urban Poor Resist Demolition
Bato sa EDSA
Ni RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com Magandang gabi, Pilipinas Dumaan ang araw na walang demolisyon Ngunit nagsunog na naman Ng mga barong-barong Sa gilid ng Trinoma Kanina. Samantala Walang katigil-tigil ang paninisi Ng mga burgis sa mahihirap. Kawawang mga yagit, walang pang-Facebook Para maipagtanggol ang sarili. Di ko mawari bakit Kung paanong nauwi sa murang cellphone…
Ilang Tanong Lamang, Mga Ginoo’t Kagalang-Kagalang
Ni RICHARD GAPPI Bulatlat.com Kaninang umaga, dinemolish ng pinagsama-samang pwersa ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) at QCPD anti-riot team ang mga naninirahan sa Sitio San Roque, Barangay Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City. Ayon sa mga ginoo’t kagalang-galang, binabawi lamang daw nila ang lupa ng pamahalaan na iligal na inokupahan ng mga nasabing residente. Ilang tanong…